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• Diesel Maint-Timing Belts and Pulleys?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:21:32 -0800
  Hi All, When you change your timing belt, what else does experience tell you to change. I've heard water pump, tensioner pulley, idler...
• Re: Timing Question
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 22:14:21 -0400
  ...Timing Question > > > > John, double check your timing. Remember with an advance timing light you > > set the gun at 6 degrees and then line up...
• Re: Timing Billy Bones - Need Help.
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:53:55 -0600
  Hi Malcom, and thanks for offering info on timing. I'm going to try several methods today and if I'm not successful I...
• Re: ? Consequences of Broken Timing Belt (Diesel I4) ?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:21:05 -0400
  > >THe subject says it all- what are the potential consequences of a busted > >timing belt in a diesel I4 engine? Are the valves interfering...
• timing question
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  14 May 96 02:05:32 EDT
  Hey all, OK, I have a quick question (maybe) regarding timing. I have a '78 2.0L engine, basically stock except for an "electronic...
• Re: Timing Light Recomendation. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:51:57 -0700
  ...Timing Light Recomendation. (NVC) > On 9/23/2005 7:52 AM Ken Lewis wrote: > > >I was planning on going to Se^rs and purchasing...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 10:44:29 -0400
  ...What is involved in setting my timing? Thanks, Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:31:40 -0400 >From: Robert Donalds <bostneng...
• Re: 87 Wolfy Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 8 May 2001 09:41:58 -0700
  ...There are a few notches in the pulley that you need to set your timing to... to change your timing you just rotate the...
• Re: @!**&*%^$**#@$ % Computer!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:00:26 -0700
  Having owned nothing but old cars and trucks, I've been setting my timing for years with an advance-able timing light and letting...
• timing trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jed Thompson
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 18:52:40 -0400
  ...I just got a timing scale from Bus Depot and got it mounted, found and marked the timing marks on the pully, but I...
• Timing belt install on a 1.8 8 Valve
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hunt
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 07:02:03 -0600
  Need some assistance, I am changing the timing belt and tensioner on a 1989 Jetta 1.8 8 Valve that I am going to...
• Re: HC high at Idle - Recommendations for Timing Light
  Historical mailing list - Phil Walker
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:23:47 -0400
  ...I've never had a timing light (either my cars were so old I could just get them close by hand - I know don...
• Re: Timing Belt...
  Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:59:27 -0600
  So do I change my timing belt when the clock runs fast or when it runs slow??? I never can remember. -- "We've all...
• Use of timing light on 1985 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:43:28 -0400
  My timing light has short wires - spark #1 + battery pos. & Neg. Any suggestions on how to pick up batt. + & - and not go all the...
• RE: 73 bus / timing question...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...ATDC although it runs significantly better at >0 deg.??? Or is it okay to advance the timing a bit if it doesn't knock...
• Re: More timing confusion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:44:06 -0700
  ...etc. ..and a proper Timing Curve with the 1.9 distributor , it should run pretty nicely with fairly stock timing. I don't find...
• Re: missing wire at distributor? and timing question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 22:45:10 EDT
  ...missing wire at distributor? and timing question > >Try what? 10 degrees ahead of standard timing on a standard DJ 2.1 - you >must be...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:22:53 -0700
  ...For me,as an amateur wrench, I had trouble "seeing" that for the full advance timing method, the ~ 35º BTDC mark on crank pulley...
• Re: I'm Back! Timing belt question.
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 01:50:55 -0500
  ...With my old Acura Integra, every time I brought it anywhere for repair they said �have you had your timing belt replaced?� It was...
• Re: setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:53:03 -0800
  ...setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon > And perhaps someone would remind me of the correct procedure for a 2.1? > It...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 May 2010 11:08:37 -0700
  ...the ignition timing curve is fully done by the ecu. ----- Original Message ----- From: "pdooley" <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday...
• Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:37:30 -0700
  one way to tell roughly where the timing is ... if it's trying to start that is .. is turn it coutneclockwise ( advancing timing ) until...
• Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:21:33 -0700
  ...I've never seen anyone say you could change a timing belt in an hour, any timing belt, until you and now. Did you...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:30:29 -0700
  ...VW provides a cam timing indicator so the valve timing > > > phase > > > > > can be checked against cylinder #1 TDC. Once timing for #1 is > correct...
• Re: sudden timing advance change/Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:53:11 EST
  ...possible that the knock sensor is "hearing"something and retarding the timing. Just a thought. Jeff E. Lilburn, Ga. 87'WESTY (with a small...
• Re: 83.5 1.9L WB Timing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:11:33 -0400
  ...Please tell me where the timing is to be set. Joe any time you have to change the timing to make the engine idle...
• Re: Neils' Vanagon conversion: IT RUNS ! (more or less! --- :^)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:02 -0700
  ...Some stock Vanagon engines allow setting the cam timing even more precisely, less than a tooth on the timing belt. Mark Mike wrote: > Ditto...
• Re: 81
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  ...This is your static timing. If this is the case, you then only need to rotate the distributor and use a timing light to...
• DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:26:15 -0400
  "No Belt...timing chain instead" Dear GOd. Please help this list. It has become full of (SH) non-sense. Full of people saying things...
• Timing 1.9,2.1 engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Coggia
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:24:38 -0500
  I've been timing air-cooled motors for years and just recently aquired an '85 transporter and '90 carat. The '85 runs strong but...
• timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:34:59 -0400
  ...do the timing belts let go at any particular interval (sorry if this is a dumb question) and if it does, what are the...
• who has air cooled timing scale?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:42:53 -0500
  Does anyone know where I can buy a timing scale for an 81 air cooled Vanagon engine? I prefer a new metal one, but...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:56:54 -0600
  ...Turned out the valve timing was wrong, and therefore the cam timing was out one or more teeth. . The intake valve was opening late...
• Re: Sloppy timing?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:22:39 -0500
  ...Excessive crank endplay allows the distributor drive gear to be able to rotate a little either way, and this will affect the timing. 2...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:10:04 -0700
  ...VW provides a cam timing indicator so the valve timing > phase > > can be checked against cylinder #1 TDC. Once timing for #1 is correct...
• Re: timing light?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:00:39 -0700 (PDT)
  And Michael Wagner thus wrote: > > What is the timing light supposed to show you? I bought a cheap one > at Sear's, got it...
• 86 ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:49:04 -0500
  ---------- Sorry for the such basic questions,however after reading several posts in the archive and putting a timing light on my van I am...
• 83.5 top speed
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 23:14:24 -0800
  ...my 1.9l will do 85 easy on the level @ 500' if there is no wind, a little more if I advance the timing...
• Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:43:57 -0800
  ...At 100,000 km (62,000 miles) VW requires the operator to replace the timing drive which includes the idler ($175Cdn.) for a total...
• Re: mileage down after fuel hose change
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:09:14 -0400
  I suspect that your mechanic moved the distributor timing setting to change the hoses.When he set it back,he did it manually ,without...
• Timing - 1991 Carat, 2.1 L wbx, auto-tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:27:17 -0500
  I need someone to explain the setup for timing the engine. Two different mwchanic have tried and gotten it wrong. The engine did run...
• Re: Vanagon timing scale
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 17 May 1999 09:55:21 -0400
  > I managed to destroy the timing scale on my '81 vanagon. > Does anyone have a spare scale from a vanagon (or '78-'79 > bus...
• Re: re diesel injection pumps
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:23:11 -0600
  It would be useful to record what timing settings people use when putting a 1.9 TD pump on a TDI block (and same...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer firing order
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 13 May 2001 14:02:33 -0300
  ...1.9 wasserboxer firing order > Was trying to set my timing today, but could not determine which > cylinder was number 1. Went though the...
• timing method - Is this correct ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 07:42:55 -0700
  ...now I thing its timing because I have spark and I have fuel, now the way I set the timing is as follows tell...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:04:50 -0600
  ...Bentley says warm up, disconnect Temp II, rev to 2000/2500, set timing. I needed the tach to do that. And it won't...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:24:20 -0800
  ...I agree that the change in timing may be minimal, and that it may be swamped by other factors (sloppy distributors), but my point...
• Re: Timing marks question
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Taylor
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:12:05 -0700
  ...The problem is, in the table that shows where each > year is to be timed, it shows mine as having three timing marks (TDC...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 May 2004 (#2004-473)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 19 May 2004 09:23:26 -0600
  ...Timing > > I think I may have a timing issue with my 84 Westy. When reading the > Bently > manual, I'm a little confused as...
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:49:57 EDT
  ...I have some confusion regarding the timing notches on the flywheel: >-------------^---------F >-----u-----------------R >When setting the timing (Temp Sender II disconnected, revs at...
• Re: Induction Timing Light
  Historical mailing list - Lindemulder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 22:22:41 -0800
  ...Induction Timing Light Would some of you more experienced Vanagon folk mind recommending a good induction timing light. I n3ed to do some tuning...
• WTB: Vanagon timing scale
  Historical mailing list - John M Rossi
  Sun, 16 May 1999 11:36:18 -0500
  I managed to destroy the timing scale on my '81 vanagon. I over-tightened the fan cover & the scale got caught up in the...
• Fw: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:11:23 -0500
  ...Monday, September 15, 1997 11:59 AM > > > > > > I have some confusion regarding the timing notches on the flywheel: > > > -------------^---------F > > > -----u-----------------R > > > When setting the...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:40:39 -0400
  ...VW provides a cam timing indicator so the valve >> timing >> > > > phase >> > > > > > can be checked against cylinder #1 TDC. Once timing for #1 is >> > correct...
• status update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 23:56:48 -0700
  ...how did the timing get that far off? it had just been tuned up, with timing set correctly. It ran okay for about a...
• Re: Timing/Distributer question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:59:57 -0400
  ...For starters this port is needed to fully retard the timing at idle. Without it working, setting the timing near spec will cause insufficient...
• Timing/Distributer question
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:57:16 -0400
  ...I'm sure the mechanic set the timing to spec. Anyway, the van has smooth power throughout the entire band but is really sluggish...
• Re: Overall Timing Advance, Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:00:48 -0600
  ...Overall Timing Advance, Air Cooled > > Hello, > > I have been playing around with the timing on my van trying to balance > between power and cool...
• Help! Vanagon timing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:13:20 EDT
  Can someone please inform me how to set the ignition timing on my '84 Westie with digijet fuel injection and water cooled engine. The...
• Re: missing wire at distributor? and timing question
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:20:30 +0100
  ...missing wire at distributor? and timing question